808 TROCHUS. 



Trochus elegans. Gmelin, p. 3581. 

 Trochus, No. 11. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 682. 

 Zorn Naturf. vii. p. 167- t. 2. f. D 1, and D 2. 



Inhabits the coasts of New Zealand. Chemjiitz. 



Shell about an inch, or an inch and a quarter long, and hardly 

 half as broad, of a reddish or yellowish brown, with the trans- 

 verse grooves of a paler colour ; there are about eight 

 grooves disposed somewhat in pairs on the body-whirl, and 

 four on the whirls of the spire ; the whole surface when de- 

 prived of its epidermis, as well as the inside, is iridescent. 



NOTATUS. 113. Shell sub-conical, transversely 

 grooved, and obliquely striated ; aperture 

 oblique, and tlie outer lip crenated. 



Trochus notatus. Gmelin, p. 3581. Schreibers Conch, i. 



p. 263. 

 Trochus, No. 10. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 682. 

 L' Aigrette. Fatanne, ii. p. 134. 

 Schroeter Journal, v. p. 438. f. 10 and 11. 

 Inhabits the South Sea. 

 Shell about three-quarters of an inch long, and half an inch 

 broad ; it differs from T. elegans in being proportionably 

 broader, as well as in having oblique longitudinal striae, and 

 in the whirls being more ventricose ; the specimen now be- 

 fore me is reddish chestnut, marbled with irregular, pale 

 ash-coloured, somewhat zic-zac, longitudinal stripes ; the in- 

 side is iridescent, and transversely grooved. 



ZIC-ZAC. 114. Shell sub-conical, transversely stri- 

 ated, and the body-whirl transversely flat- 

 tened in the middle; aperture roundish. 



Trochus zic-zac. Chemnitz, v. p. 69. Gmelin, p. 3587. 



Turbo zic-zac. Maton and Racket, in Lifi. Trans, viii. p. 

 160. Montagu Supp. p. 135. 

 Variety A. Whitish, with longitudinal zic-zac brown stripes. 



Trochus, No. 38. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 695. 



Trochus, No. 80. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 258. 



L'Emouchette. Favanne, ii. p. 20. 



Lister Conch, t. 583. f. 38. Chemniti, v. t. 166. f. 1599- 

 Variety B. With the zic-zac lines interrupted by a transverse 



bluish band in the middle of the whirls, and the shell smaller. 



Trochus, No. 39. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 695. 



Trochus, No. 81. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 259. 



it'Epervier. Favanne^ ii, p. 20. 



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